At Metzineres, we are going through a critical moment: the owner of the premises at Carrer de la Lluna, 3 wants to sell the space. Thanks to collective mobilization, we have secured an extension until September 30, and Barcelona City Council has called an extraordinary plenary session on Metzineres’ situation. We have gained time. Now we need a structural solution.

This situation is not an isolated case. It is part of a broader dynamic of real estate pressure in El Raval, where gentrification and speculation are driving out residents and the community networks that sustain life in the neighborhood.

Our space is not just a premises: it is a community resource that guarantees basic rights every day for women with no alternatives —food, showers, rest, social and healthcare support, psychological and legal assistance— and where we build bonds of trust and make vital processes possible for those left outside institutional systems.

Since 2017, we have been creating sheltering environments for women and gender-expansive people in situations of vulnerability and violence, building community, combating stigma, and defending access to rights from an intersectional feminist perspective. We have established ourselves as a Specialized Intervention Service for gender-based violence in the city and have been identified as an international good practice in drug policies with a gender perspective, proving that local actions can generate impact and change on an international scale.

We work from a harm reduction approach with a comprehensive perspective, addressing gender-based violence, homelessness, the criminalization of poverty, and severe social exclusion.

For all these reasons, we are calling for an urgent solution from the public administration: a stable space, rooted in the neighborhood and protected from speculation. Because guaranteeing rights cannot depend on the market.

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